Former Baywatch bombshell Yasmine Bleeth gets all dolled up for a sushi date with friends

EXCLUSIVE: Getting Her Groove Back! Former Baywatch bombshell Yasmine Bleeth gets all dolled up for a sushi date with friends just days before her 55th birthday – after she was last seen makeup-free in pajamas and slippers

  • DailyMail.com saw former Baywatch star Yasmine Bleeth, 54, stepping out this week in California’s San Fernando Valley
  • She had a much more glamorous figure than her last October sighting, when she was makeup-free and wore pajamas to walk her dog.
  • For this week’s outing, she wore a black top, a tan skirt and fashionable wedges, complemented by large earrings and a black leather handbag

Former Baywatch bombshell Yasmine Bleeth was a glamorous figure for a friends getaway just days before her 55th birthday.

DailyMail.com spotted the famously reclusive actress heading out for a sushi lunch in California’s San Fernando Valley this week.

She wore a black top, a tan skirt and fashionable wedges while talking on the phone. Her balayage locks appeared teased and she accessorized with big dangly earrings and a black leather handbag.

Bleeth was much more dolled up than the last time the quiet actress was noticed. In October, DailyMail.com saw Bleeth go makeup-free to walk her dog while wearing pajamas.

DailyMail.com watched former Baywatch bombshell Yasmine Bleeth step into California’s San Fernando Valley for her 55th birthday. For this week’s outing, she wore a black top, a tan skirt and fashionable wedges, complemented by large earrings and a black leather handbag

In October, DailyMail.com saw Bleeth go makeup-free to walk her dog while wearing pajamas

In October, DailyMail.com saw Bleeth go makeup-free to walk her dog while wearing pajamas

Bleeth played the glamorous lifeguard Caroline Holden in 72 episodes of Baywatch

Bleeth played the glamorous lifeguard Caroline Holden in 72 episodes of Baywatch

Later that day, Bleeth was seen heading to a friend's house, wearing a white waistcoat and carrying what appeared to be a sack of wool.

Later that day, Bleeth was seen heading to a friend's house, wearing a white waistcoat and carrying what appeared to be a sack of wool.

Later that day, Bleeth was seen heading to a friend’s house, wearing a white waistcoat and carrying what appeared to be a sack of wool.

Later that day, Bleeth was seen heading to a friend’s house, wearing a white waistcoat and carrying what appeared to be a sack of wool.

Perhaps the gathering was to celebrate the former model’s birthday — she turns 55 on June 14.

There was no sign of her husband of 20 years, strip club owner Paul Cerrito.

Bleeth played the glamorous lifeguard Caroline Holden in 72 episodes of Baywatch, making her and her co-stars household names, including Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, Carmen Elektra, Nicole Eggert, and Michael Newman.

But she battled personal demons off-camera, including a cocaine addiction that landed her in rehab in 2000.

Nearly a year later, she was arrested after driving on the median of a Michigan highway. Authorities found syringes of injectable cocaine in her car.

A search of her nearby hotel room led to police finding even more cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

She has been candid about her battle with drugs, writing in a 2003 article for Glamor that “consciously trying to stay off drugs is now and always will be a part of my life.”

Bleeth was much more dolled up than the last time the quiet actress was noticed

Bleeth was much more dolled up than the last time the quiet actress was noticed

The former actress's balayage locks appear teased while she was on the phone

The former actress's balayage locks appear teased while she was on the phone

The former actress’s balayage locks appeared teased as she walked while talking on the phone

She met her current husband, strip club owner Paul Cerrito, in rehab and the couple celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in August.

She met her current husband, strip club owner Paul Cerrito, in rehab and the couple celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in August.

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The former model played the glamorous lifeguard in 72 episodes of the hit show, making her and her co-stars household names

While in rehab, she met her current husband Paul Cerrito.

She said of her relationship, “They say don’t get into any kind of relationship the first year of sobriety — especially with anyone on the program, but Paul and I fell in love right away.”

The couple has no children and celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in August.

She is also romantically linked to former Friends star Matthew Perry, Police Academy actor Steve Guttenberg and her Baywatch colleague David Charvet.

Before retiring from acting, she starred in numerous television movies in the late 1990s and later brought her talents to the big screen with roles in Heaven of Vegas, Coming Soon, and Undercover Angel.